Bipasha Basu is an Indian actress who has featured in over 50 films, predominantly in Hindi language. After a successful career as a model, she made her film debut with a supporting role in Abbas–Mustan's thriller Ajnabee (2001), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Basu followed this with a role in her first Telugu cinemathe action film Takkari Donga (2002). She had her first major success with the supernatural thriller Raaz (2002), which earned Basu her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination. The following year, she starred opposite John Abraham in the erotic thriller Jism, in which she played a seductive wife. She received a Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role nomination for the film. Her roles in these films established her as a sex symbol.
Basu followed this initial success with roles in a series of commercial failures, including the thrillers Aetbaar, Rudraksh, Rakht—all in 2004—and the romance Barsaat (2005). She later featured in Prakash Jha's crime drama Apaharan (2005) and the ensemble comedy No Entry (2005). The latter emerged as a financial success, grossing at the box office, and Basu's role of an escort earned her a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress at the 51st Filmfare Awards. Basu had seven film releases in 2006. Her role as an executive at a conglomerate in Madhur Bhandarkar's drama Corporate earned her another nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She then portrayed a character based on Bianca in Vishal Bhardwaj's Omkara, an adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy Othello. In Sanjay Gadhvi's action film Dhoom 2—her final release of the year—she played dual roles; it was the top-grossing Bollywood film of the year. In 2008, she collaborated with Abbas–Mustan for the second time for Race. Her performance as a troubled wife in Rituparno Ghosh's 2009 Bengali film Shob Charitro Kalponik was critically acclaimed. She then featured in the third installment of the Raaz series, entitled Raaz 3D (2012). Due to her frequent associations with horror films, she was labelled India's "horror queen" by the media.
In 2013, Basu made her Hollywood debut with the historical romance The Lovers, in which she played a Maratha warrior. The following year, she starred in the comedy Humshakals. The film received largely negative reviews, though it was a moderate commercial success. In 2015, she played conjoined twins—a first for an actress in Bollywood—in the horror film Alone. She followed it by featuring as the host of the television horror series Darr Sabko Lagta Hai that year.
Films Year Title Role Notes 2001 Ajnabee Neeta / (Fake) Sonia Bajaj Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut 2002Takkari Donga Panasa Telugu FilmRaaz Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best ActressAankhen Naina Special appearanceMere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai Ria BhallaChor Machaaye Shor Inspector RanjitaGunaah Inspector Prabha Narayan 2003Tujhe Meri Kasam Girija Special appearanceJism Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best VillainFootpath Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula Herself Special appearanceZameen Nandini Rai 2004Ishq Hai Tumse Khushbu Akhtar Aetbaar Rudraksh Dr GayatriRakht Madhoshi 2005Chehraa Megha JoshiSachein Manju Tamil filmViruddh... Family Comes First Cameo appearanceBarsaat No Entry Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting ActressApaharan Shikhar Natasha 2006Humko Deewana Kar Gaye Darna Zaroori Hai VarshaStory segment: Spirits Do Come Phir Hera Pheri Anuradha "Anu" Munjal Alag Herself Special appearance in the song "Sabse Alag"Corporate Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best ActressOmkara Jaane Hoga Kya Aditi ChopraDhoom 2 ACP Shonali Bose and Monali Bose Dual role 2007Nehlle Pe Dehlla Pooja Sahni No Smoking Special appearance in the song "Phoonk De"Om Shanti Om Herself Special appearanceGoal Rumana Ali Khan 2008Race Bachna Ae Haseeno Radhika Kapoor (Shreya Rathore) NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Supporting ActressRab Ne Bana Di Jodi Sadhana Shivdasani Special appearance in the song "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte" 2009Aa Dekhen Zara All the Best: Fun Begins Jhanvi Chopra / (Fake) Vidya Gututo and AndreaDual roleShob Charitro Kalponik Bengali film 2010Pankh NandiniLamhaa Aziza Abbas AnsariAakrosh Geeta 2011Dum Maaro Dum 2012Players Jodi Breakers Raaz 3 2013Race 2 Cameo appearanceAatma The Lovers Belgian film 2014Humshakals MishtiCreature 3D 2015Alone Sanjana and AnjanaDual role2018 Welcome to New York Herself Cameo appearance
Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 The New 7 Wonders of The WorldHost2012–2014CIDHerselfEpisode: "Bhootiya Haveli" Episode: "Bipasha Par Hamla"2012Fear FilesHerself (season 1, episode 20) 2013 Fit Test With Bipasha HerselfArjunMayaEpisode 61 2015–2016Darr Sabko Lagta Hai Host 2016 Bhabiji Ghar Par HaiHerselfEpisode 2 (Shanivaar Special) 2020 Dangerous Neha Singh Final Projects; Web series
Music video appearances Year Title Album Singer 1998 "Tu" Kismat Sonu Nigam 1999 "Sauda Khara" Hai Energy Sukhbir 2000 "Tera Milna Pal Do Pal Ka" Jaan Sonu Nigam 2004 "Stolen" Me Against Myself Jay Sean2005 "Mujhe Mere Yaar Se Matlab"Mujhe Pyar Se Matlab Rajiv Goswami2011 "Mind Blowing"Let's PartyGanesh Hedge Music song 2003: Appeared in Hum Ko To Hai Poora Yakeen made by MSN cricket and sports (MSN India) to support the Indian cricket team for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003
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